Macroeconomic implications of population ageing and selected policy responses

The Lancet

Volumn 385, Issue 9968, 2015, Pages 649-657

  Bloom, David E ^a   Chatterji, Somnath ^b   Kowal, Paul ^b   Lloyd Sherlock, Peter ^c   McKee, Martin ^d   Rechel, Bernd ^d   Rosenberg, Larry ^a   Smith, James P ^e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCOME; INVESTMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG TERM CARE; MACROECONOMIC; PENSION; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROPHYLAXIS; RETIREMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL SECURITY; TAX; TOBACCO USE; WORK EXPERIENCE; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECONOMICS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG-TERM CARE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84923043346     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61464-1     Document Type: Review

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